Tool kit



Aug 16 1927 c. L.. LAWRENCE A TOOL KIT Filed Jan. 24. 1925 i y (1 1 Y 1m n 1 m m LVII, fm

Patented ug. 16, 1927.

usaran! STATES PATENT oFFice.

' CHARLES L. LAWRENCE; 0F NEW YORIL-NZ Y.

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Application led Januaryl, 1.9585.v Serial No. V4,408.

i invention vrelates to kits for inechanics tools and particularly forthe con-` venience of automobile mechanics7V although, Vof course,4 theinvention is not limited. to v their use. ln current mechanical practicethere are so' many sizes of nuts and bolts that a mechanic is obligedtoi have a complete graded set ol wrenches7 and usually two setsone fornuts andthe other for cap screws.. When these wrenches are carriedloosely in a tray or box, an enormous amount miscellaneous tools which amechanic is obliged. toy carry. This combination tray and. case alsoprovides spacefor carrying overalls and. waste as well as miscellaneoussmall parts such ask cotter pins7 washers, nuts bolts-,. and etc.

The accompanying single sheet of draw-l ings shows one form ofconstruction for car-- ryifng out my invention.

the cover of the case closed. I y

Fig. 2 is a transverse `sectional view of the case showing an end viewof the tray andthe cover being open.

' provided with some sui-tablev 'form of han.-

dile 9. The case may be of any suitable construction, suoli asValuminum, wood or fibre..

The tray 10 is provided with two spaced.-

' apart longitudinal partitions lil. which are higher in the center thanat the ends `and provided with some suitable form. of" handle or may beformed by cutting out parts ot the sides and curling them up as shown.These partitions leave side compartments. 1'3-13 for the reception ofmiscellaneous articles drawers 23 and 23".

Fig.y 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of I the carrying case showingthe tray in a sid-e elevation butpartly broken away and with. Y

handles, such asv 12-l2.. These handles and tools: The space between thepartitions Il is divided up into a series ot small compartments -bymeans ofV partitions, such as and 18'.. These artitions are arranged soas. tofprofvide compartments 19 and: 2O atv the ends and. a centralcompartment 2l.

-These end compartments 19 and 20 may be used'. for miscellaneousarticles and tools. The central compartment 2l may be used'v formiscellaneous long-handled tools or for waste and the like. The.compartments intervening between 20 and 21l yare graded? in depth so asto conveniently hold the various wrenches of a set beginningat the outerend with the. small, short wrenches and with the long wrenches near thecenter. This artray is much better balanced than `it the long and` heavywrenches were nea-r the outer ends of the` tray. The bottom of the ltraymay be provided with protuberances 2 2 which will serve as casters ltofacilitate the sliding of the'tray along the floor or bench.

In the cover of the case I pre-ler to provide one or more compartmentsin thev form of These drawers are heldin. place by plates 24 fixed inthecover of the case. Each drawer may be provided with a handle 25 ifdesired or with a projecting lip such as 26 by means oi' which it may beslid back and forth. A space 27 is left between the drawers so thatthere is room for either drawer to be pulled out or forboth drawers t0be y.i'illed out part 'way simultaneously. It will) be understood, ofcourse, that the drawers would not be open except when the cover isopen, as s-hown in Fig. 2'.

l also'preier to reinforce the case withl strips or bands such as 28 atthe bottom and 29V at the top, since the kits should be made as light aspossible and yet must withstand very severe handling. It will be notedthat this form of reinforcing leaves the case.

rangement distributes the weightv so'that thev in case one of the smallWrenches is accidentally dropped int-o one or' the deeper compartmentsit will be possible to extract it easily by the insertion ot some smalltool, such as a screw-driver' or wire through the slot. W'ithout somesuch provision it is obvious that it would be necessary to turn thewhole tray upside down in order to get a small wrench out ot the deepcompartment. This would, of course, necessitate disturbing all of thetools or other articles in the tray and would cause great inconvenienceas well as annoyance. i

It will be seen that when the tray is in position in the cas-e, there isstill asubstantial amount of room above the center of the tray :tor anylong-handled tools o-r articles which can be placed in the centercompartment. There is also a substantial amount of room in the oppositeends of the case above the tray for such articles as overalls or bunchesot' waste or cleaning cloths.

l claim:

l. A mechanics tool lrit comprising a case composedoii a body and acover hinged thereto, a tray removably mounted in said body, said trayhaving longitudinal partitions and transverse partitions, saidlongitudinal partitions being materially higher n the center than at theends and the trans- 'verse partitions being graded in height so as toprovide oppositely'disposed compartments oi graded depth;

[a mechanicls tool lrit con'iprising a e having a body and a hingedcover, and may removably mounted in said body, said 4#ay havinglongitudinal partitions and sverse partitions, said longitudinalparieing materialiv higher in the cenv. at the ends and the transverseis being grad-ed in height so as to e oapositely disposed compartmentsgraded depth, said cover having comvartments located in its oo aosite'ends i ving a. space betweenthem which is above center or the tray whenthe cover is ed. 5. A mechanics kit comprising a case laving a body anda hinged cover, a tray removably mounted in said body and provided withlongitudinal partitions disposed on opsides ot the center, a series ottranserse partitions between said longitudinal partitions, saidtransverse partitions being graded in height from the central portionoutwardly toward the opposite ends of said tray to provide a series ofcompartments of graded depth, and a handle for said tray.

4:. A mechanics kit comprising a case having a body and a hinged cover,a tray removably mounted in said body and provided with longitudinalpartitions disposed on opposite sides ot' the center, and a series oftransverse partitions between said longitudinal partitions, saidtransverse partitions being graded in height from the central portionoutwardly toward the opposite ends of said tray to provide a series ofcompartments ol, graded depth said longitudinal partitions beingprovided with vertical slots at the. edges or some of said compartmentsto facilitate the removal of wrenches therefrom.

5. A mechanicstool carrying tray having longitudinal walls, at least oneof said walls being higher in its central portion than at its ends andprovided with a handle portion in the center, transverse partitionsextending between said longitudinal Walls to form a series ofcompartments adapted'to receive and hold a graded set of wrenches, andsaid tray having a. shallow lateral compartment extending alongside ofsaid wrench compartments.

6. A mechanics tool tray having longitudinal partitions higher in thecenter than at the ends, transverse partitions between the longitudinalpartitions to form two sets of compartments adapted to hold graded setsof wrenches, and having a longer waste-receiving compartment in thecenter and shallower longitudinal compartments for y miscellaneous toolson opposite sides of the wrench compartments. Y 1

7. A tool carrying tray having longitudinal partitions connected bytransverse partitions, said transverse partitions being gradedv inheight from the lcenter outwardly `toward the ends O'-the tray toprovide oppositely disposed sets of compartments of graded depths torthe purpose of systematically classi'fying graded sets of wrenches to becarried therein, thus making each wrench of the said graded sets,readily and easily accessible at all times, at least one of saidlongitudinal partitions having vertical slots at the edges of the deepercompartments to permit the insertion of an instrument for extractingwrenches therefrom.

8. A tool carrying tray having longitudinal partitions connected bytransverse partitions, said 'transverse partitions being graded inheight trom the center outwardly toward the ends ot the tray to provide0ppositely disposed sets of compartments ot' graded depths for thepurpose of systematically classitying graded sets of tools to be carriedtherein, thus making each tool of the said graded sets readily andeasily accessible at all Limes.

9. A tool carrying tray having longitudinal partitions connected bytransverse partitions, said transverse partitions being graded in heightfrom the center outwardly toward the ends of the tray to provideoppositely disposed sets of compartments of graded depths for thepurpose of systematically classitying graded sets of tools to be carriedtherein, thus making each toolV of the said graded sets readily andeasily Vac'- cessible at all times, and a handle at the central portionof said longitudinal partitions.

10. A 4tool boX having a base portion divided into compartments, thecentral of said compartment-s being further divided into a series ofspaced sub-compartments of dierent depths each sub-compartment adaptedto receive vertically therein tools of l1. A tool box having a baseportion divided into compartments, the central of said compartmentsbeing further divided into sub-compartments by transverse partitionspositioned vertically at various heights graded from the centeroutwardly toward the outer Walls of the tray to provide compartments or'graded depths for tools of dierent lengths.

CHARLES L. LAWRENCE.

